Jamie Shea
Jamie Shea | |
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 Jamie Shea | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for NATO |
Jamie Patrick Shea CMG (born 11 September 1953 in London) is a retired official of NATO. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium until his retirement in late September 2018.
Biography
[edit]He attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School in Walthamstow, London[1] and received his B.A. (Hons.) in Modern History and French from the University of Sussex (1977) and his D.Phil. in Modern History from Lincoln College, Oxford (1981).[2]
He received worldwide attention during the 1999 Kosovo War, when he served as the spokesperson for NATO.[3] He described the children and adult civilians killed by the NATO bombing of Serbia in the effort to prevent the Serbs from retaining Kosovo as the "cost to defeat an evil".[4]
He began his career in NATO in 1980 as Administrator in Council Operations, before moving to Head of Youth Programmes and Head of External Relations Conferences and Seminars. Prior to his role as spokesperson for NATO, he was a speechwriter for the organization from 1991 to 1993.[2] Subsequent duties included Director of Information and Press (October 2000-March 2003), Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations (April 2003-August 2005) and Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges from August 2005 until his retirement in September 2018.[2]
Shea was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to diplomacy and public service.[5]
Since 2024, he has been the host of NATO Through Time - history podcast, uploaded on NATO's YouTube channel. [6]
Shea is married and has two children, Chiara and Alexander.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sir George Monoux College - History and Alumni". Archived from the original on 16 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Jamie Shea". nato.int. NATO.
- ^ "NATO can't be the global policeman: Jamie Shea". ABC Online. 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ "Civilian deaths 'necessary price'". BBC News. 31 May 1999.
- ^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N4.
- ^ "NATO Through Time - A history podcast". YouTube.
External links
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Media related to Jamie Shea at Wikimedia Commons- Appearances on C-SPAN
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